Juveniles held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp

Jury selection is set to get underway today in the controversial trial of 23-year-old Canadian Omar Khadr, the only Westerner remaining at the Guant-namo Bay detention center in Cuba. Khadr currently faces five charges of war crimes.

High-stakes hearings begin today at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in the case of Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen who says his U.S. captors tortured him into confessing to war crimes.

A Federal judge has ordered the release of what is believed to be Guantanamo Bay’s youngest detainee, Mohammed Jawad. Joining The Takeaway is one of Jawad’s lawyers, Johnathan Hafetz of the National Security Project at the ACLU.

As one of his first acts in office, President Obama asked for a 120-day suspension of the military trials of detainees in Guantanamo Bay. We turn to the BBC’s defense and security correspondent, Rob Watson, for a look at the significance of the move.

Derek Stoffel reports that the youngest detainee held at the Guantanamo prison facility may be allowed to return home next year. The sentence requires Khadr to serve one more year in the Guantanamo prison, before asking for permission to go to Canada.